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DONORS IN THE LEAD You aren’t alone if there are key issues or causes that matter to you. You might care about education, arts, children, animals, or something else. Every day we talk with donors who care about Muncie and Delaware County. They also care about specific causes impacting our community.
virtual instruction was going to take an enormous, creative effort by our teachers and administrators. I felt that I had to help supply them with the equipment that could make the transition possible.”
The K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative wasn’t the first time the When the Foundation, in partnership with the Funders Forum Foundation has seen donors take the lead. In 2016, the Foundation Collaborative, launched the K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative, established the Robert P. Bell Teacher Grant Fund to support the we knew there were people in our community who cared about access Bell Grants Program. Several former educators and friends of education to education, too. During phase two of the initiative, the Foundation staff stepped up to make lead gifts. The example set by those early gifts reached out to donors who had expressed their passion for education to encouraged others to give, too. Today, the fund provides a part of the share our plan. All local public schools serving students K-12 in Delaware Robert P. Bell Education Grant Program’s annual budget. The lead County would receive grants to support donors of this fund set a ball rolling. As technology resilience. We invited them to Virtual instruction was going to the fund continues to grow, the program be able to grow and continue to support the effort and increase the award take enormous, creative effort by will pool. Seven individual donors lead the support teachers in the future. our teachers. I had to help make way by contributing more than $13,000 the transition possible.” In fact, The Community Foundation to the second phase. As the Foundation was built upon the passions of its earliest entered the third phase of grantmaking, donors who cared about the future of the community. The earliest leaders board members, Dave Heeter and Carol Seals showed their leadership. set an example by making gifts. Then, they encouraged others around They led the community-wide fundraising effort for Giving Tuesday with them to do the same. That early support was for The Unrestricted Fund, matching gifts. More than 20 donors followed their lead. which gives the Foundation the most flexibility to address the changing “It seemed to me that the Foundation had identified an absolutely needs of the community. critical need,” said a donor who chooses to remain anonymous. “The Today, the Foundation encourages continued support of The Unrestricted pandemic was forcing schools to turn to virtual instruction, and the Fund, but we also want to hear about your passions and the causes that schools couldn’t do it without a significant boost in access to technology matter most to you. A gift of any size can make a difference to the causes for both teachers and for many of the youngsters whom they serve. you care about. Let’s schedule a time to talk about you and find out how Education is key to the development of our children as individuals and you can be a donor in the lead, too. Contact Kelly K. Shrock, president, is key to their participation as future productive community members at 765-747-7181 or kshrock@cfmdin.org. and citizens in our democracy. There was no question in my mind that
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2021 FIRST QUARTER COMPETITIVE GRANTS THE FOUNDATION AWARDS 14 GRANTS TOTALING $597K
We are pleased to announce that $597,500 was awarded to 14 nonprofits during the first Quarterly Competitive Grants cycle of 2021. A Better Way Services, Inc. received
$57,000 to defray the cost of providing advocacy and services for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault and their children, a 24-hour suicide hotline and a general crisis hotline.
Ball State University Foundation received
$17,500 for the expansion of the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie received $67,500 to support operations of the clubs, which serves 600 registered youth in our community.
Bridges Community Services received
$40,000 to recruit, retain, and develop qualified staff.
Cardinal Greenway Inc. received $30,000 to support the cost of operations. Community Enhancement Projects, Inc. received $35,000 to support the construction and installation of signage for the Muncie Memory Spiral in Muncie’s Heekin Park.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts received $55,000 to support operational expenses and make technological updates to the historical building.
Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity, Inc. received $80,000 to support
Habitat’s 2021 housing program and defray the cost of a new administration building for Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity.
Home Savers of Delaware County
received $57,000 to provide urgent home repairs for low-income homeowners.
Muncie Children’s Museum received $50,000 to support the More to Explore Campaign to create new educational and interactive exhibits for children.
Project Leadership received $30,000 to support college and career and social and emotional programming as part of a Project Leadership pivot to reach students virtually, and to assist the sustainability of the Delaware County Comprehensive Counseling Coalition. Shafer Leadership Academy received $18,500 to support the salary for the newly created virtual programs manager position and to support the nonprofit executive directors’ group.
Urban Light CDC received $20,000 to defray the cost of neighborhood engagement and housing revitalization in Muncie’s South Central and Industry neighborhoods.
YWCA Central Indiana received $40,000 to defray the costs of the Emergency Shelter and C.O.T.S. Stay programs.
First Quarter Competitive Grants have been awarded from The Unrestricted Fund of The Community Foundation and the following funds: 5000th Charitable Fund, Inc. Fund, Gary Addison Fund, Stefan and Joan Anderson Unrestricted Fund, The Endowment for the Arts Fund, Ball Corporation Community Betterment Fund, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Fund, Esther Ball Fund, Bassett Family Fund, J. Robert and Joanne N. Baur Fund, Louisa and Waldo Beebe Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Pat and Jane Botts Fund, Jane Harrell Buckles Fund, Patrick and Marilyn Cleary Fund, Gordon and Pam Cox Fund, Day Star Center Fund, William and Margaret Dutton Fund, Economic Development Fund, Edgar Faulkner Sr./ Ermal S. Roundtree Fund, Ron and Cheryl Fauquher Fund, John and Janice Fisher Quality of Place Endowment Fund, John and Janice Fisher Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Beulah M. Frogge Fund, Mike and Cathy Galliher Fund, Linda and Connie Gregory Fund, Julian and Suzanne Gresham Fund, Gayle and Jeannine Harrold Fund, Historical Preservation Fund, Jane E. Hughes Fund, Roni Johnson Fund, KAKATU Foundation/David and Joanna Meeks Fund, John C. Kelly and Marcia Ressler Kelly Fund, Laura Stanley Keppler Fund, Francis Lafferty Fund, Jeff and Beth Lang Fund, LEAP Managed IT Fund, John and Katherine Littler Fund, Michael O. and Nicole T. Lunsford Fund, Mid-West Metal Products Fund, Bill and Nancy Mitchell Living Well in Delaware County Fund, Jon and Barbara Moll Fund, Morris Youth Fund, Muncie Power Products Community Impact Fund, MutualBank Charitable Foundation Fund, Old National Bank Fund, Ontario Systems Wil Davis and Ron Fauquher Fund, Mary Kate Pingry Fund, Jim and Mary Rosema Fund, Martin D. and Helen B. Schwartz Unrestricted Named Endowment Fund, Hamer and Phyllis Shafer Fund, Shafer/Muncie Power Products Legacy Fund, Kent Shuff and Steve Fennimore Fund, Jeanne and John Smith Unrestricted Fund, Jeanne and John Smith Fund, Nancy J. Smith Fund, Daniel and Catharine Stewart Fund, Charles and Claudia Sursa Unrestricted Named Endowment Fund, David and Mary Jane Sursa Fund, Mary Jane Sursa Fund, Gary and Amy Thomas Fund, Wayne E. and Carolyn K. Thomas Fund, Mac and Lila Warrell Endowment Fund, Joseph and Janet Wilson Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Faye Wingate Fund, and Youth as Resources Fund
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